VSR 421: Regional Veterinary Surgery (2+1)

BOVINE CASTRATION

• To avoid indiscriminate breeding. They are usually more docile and easier to handle than bulls.
• Steers are also not as rough on equipment and are easier to manage as new individuals added to feedlots.
• Steers are finished earlier (fatten quicker) than bulls because fat deposition occurs at a faster rate than in bulls.
• In cases of testicular neoplasia.
• Eliminates possibility of using inferior bulls.